Wire fastener



Aug. 13, 1929.

Filed March 9, 1928 Patented Aug. 13, i929.

umrs srArss GFGRGE IE. VOIGHI, F OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, ASSIG'NUR T0 GONG-MY PRODUCTS CORPORATION.

WIRE FASTENER.

Application filed March 9,

My invention relates to improvements in wire fasteners for securing lath wire in outstanding relation to the stucco backing of stucco structures, and in which a spacing element is slidably carried on the forward end of a driven element, and one of the objects of the invention is the provision of a spacing element embodying an intermediate circumfercntially restricted portion having its upper and lower ends laterally extended to form a relatively broad lath and supporting base respectively. Another object is the provision of a spacing element formed of sheet metal and embodying two separate cooperable stampings or elements.

lVith the foregoing and still other objects and purposes in view which will have become apparent as the specification concludes, my invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the detail of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings;

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved wire fastener in its initial position in engagement with the face of the stucco backing of a stucco structure preparatory to driving it thereinto;

Fig. 2 is a view similar to the one in the preceding figure but with the spacing element shown in vertical section;

Fig. 3 is a side elevation of my improved fastener as it appears embedded in the stucco composition after being attached to the stucco backing for securing the lath wire thereto;

Fig. 4C is a view on line d4.-, Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 is a top plan view of the fastener in engagement with a portion of the wire lath;

Fig. 6 is a view on line 66, F 1

Fig. 7 is a view on line 77, Fig. 1

Fig. 8 is a view on line 8-8, Fig. 1

Fig. 9 is a view on line 9' 9, Fig. 1;

Fig. 10 is a bottom plan view of a stamping of the upper section of the spacing element before the upwardly bending of the retaining lips; and

Fig. 11 is a side elevation of a modification of the spacing element detached from the driven element.

1928. Serial No. MOAQZ.

Referring to the drawings in detail, throughout which like reference characters designate like parts:

The numeral 1 designates a fragmental section of the stucco backing of a stucco structure and comprises, ordinarily, wooden boards nailed in close jointed order across the face of frame-work of those portions of the structure intended to receive stucco, and is preferably faced off with a course of building paper 2.

3 designates the driven element and at the spacing element, of my improved wire fastener.

The driven element 3 comprises an ordinary nail having the usual cylindrical shank 5 and flat head 6.

The spacing element 4, which is normally carried by the forward end of the shank 5 comprises a lower section 7 and an upper section 8.

The lower section 7 comprises a diskshaped base 9 having a centrally disposed upwardly projecting hub 10 provided with a central opening 11 through which projects the forward end of the shank 5.

The upper section 8 comprises a diskshaped lath seat 12 having outer marginal lath retaining lips 13 and a centrally disposed downwardly projecting hub lt seat ing on the upper end of the hub 10 and provided with a central opening 15 registering axially with the opening 11 and through which projects an intermediate portion of the shank 5.

The diamet-rical dimensions of the shank 5 relative to the openings 1.1 and 15, is intended to be such that the hubs 10 and 1 1 will engage the periphery of the shank with suilicient frictional tension to be normally locked thereon against accidental movement relative thereto, but operatively slidable thereon in the direction of the head 6 for cooperation therewith for confining the lath wire therebetween, when the spacing element is arrested in its forward movement b the engagement of the base 9 with the face of the stucco backing 1 when the shank 5 is driven thereinto proper distance.

The spacing element 4, which is construct ed of sheet metal, is made in two separate stampings or sections 7 and 8 in order to simplify the work of stamping and shaping it, the line of division between the sections being preferably equidistant from either end of the spacing element; in other words, the hubs 10, 141, are preferably of equal lengths. However, if so preferred, either one of said hubs may be made relatively longer than the other one. An exemplification of the latter form being shown in the modification of the invention shown in Fig. 11., and wherein the lower hub is shown materially longer than the upper hub 1-l-.

I am aware that numerous patents have heretofore been granted on improvements in lath wire fastening devices, including such devices as disclosed by the Hegbom Patent No. 383,952, the VV'eber Patent No. 1,311,932, the SeXt-on'Patent No. 1,368,018, the $ulli- 7 van Patent No. 1,435,429. All of these devices, however, including the device shown in Engineering News of Aug. 5, 1915, have the objectionable feature of presenting a comparatively narrow edge of metal forming the spacing elements for engagement with the building paper. Obviously such sharp edges of the metal is likely to cut through the paper and thereby seriously affect its usefulness as a water-proofing agency for protecting the stucco backing against the penetration thereint-o of any moisture contained in the stucco composition or leaking therethrough from the exterior. Such cutting of the paper isavoided in my improved wire fastener by reason of the comparatively broad contact surface provided by the disk shaped base 9, which has its outer edge slightly inclined upwardly to avoid engaging the paper in case the fastener is tilted laterally in driving it.

The lath seat 12, which is also preferably disk-shaped with a substantially fiat upper surface, forms a selective lath seat upon which seat the lath wire 16, which is limited in its lateral movement by being disposed between the shank 5 and one of the retaining lips 13, the latter forming portions of. the stamping forming the upper section 8 and are formed by turning up portions of the metal at the desired points at the margin of said section. I I

It will be noted that the lath seat 12 has three equally spaced apart retaining lips 13. While I have found in practice that this number is most suitable for expediting the work of attaching. the fastener to the lath Wire, it is to be understood that any desired number .of lips may be provided.

The retaining lips 13 preferably flare outwardly slightly at their upper ends and engage the head 6 in the final driving of the nail into the backing 1. Such engagement of the head with the retaining lips is to provvide equally distributed resistance to the head when stopped in its forward movement by engagement wit-lithe lath wire 16, particularly when the nail is accidentally driven excessively, thereby preventing crushing or it were engaged on one side only by the lath wire.

In cases in which the lath wire 16 is of less diameter than the length of the retaining lips 13, the head may be forced down into engagement therewith by engaging and forcing the lips outwardly a distance without danger of damaging the head.

The spacing element 4 is intended to be factory assembled on the forward end of the shank 5 and is adapted to be carried thereon and to slide into co-operation with the head 6 for binding the lath wire 16 therebetween when the nail is driven a proper distance into the stucco backing 1.

The fastening is preferably applied by hooking one of the retaining lips 13 under the lath wire 16 and then driving the nail directly into the backing 1 until the head (3 engages the wire and holds it down on the lath seat 12 and the spacing element seats firmly against the face of the backing, as illustrated in Fig. 3 0f the drawings. Obviously any one of the lips 13 may be so hooked under the wire 16.

17 designates the stucco composition, which is preferably applied by s reading it against the face of the backing 1 and on and. around the lath 16.

As a building paper 2 is primarily adapted as a water-proofing for the backing boards 1 and is considered to form a part thereof, the terms backing and stucco backing where the same appear in the specification are to be taken to include the paper.

\Vhile I have shown and described certain embodiments of my invention, it is to be understood that it is capable of many modifications. Changes, therefore, in the construction and arrangement may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as disclosed in the appended claims, in which it is my intention to claim all novelty inherent in my invention as broadly as possible in view of the prior art.

W hat I claim is new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In a wire fastener of the character described, a spacing element having an upper section comprising a sheet metal stamping forming a lath seat and a lower section comprising a sheet metal stamping forming a base, a hub on one of said stampin'gs bearing against the other stamping for holdin said base and lath seat in vertical spaced relation, and a driving element cooperating with said spacing element for holding a lath wire on said lath seat.

2. A wire fastener comprising, a spacing element having a lath seat at the top with an upward projection 011 one side of said lath seat, and a base below said spacing element adapted to rest against a wall, said lath seat and said base provided with hubs adapted to breaking of the headwhich might happen if bear against each other to hold the lath seat and ham in vertical spaced relation, and a driven element passing through said hubs and adapted to co-operate with said spacing element for holding a lath wire on said lath seat.

3. A wire fasteneer comprising, a lath seat, and a base adapted to rest against a wall, said lath seat and base provided with hubs adapted to bear against each other to hold the seat and base in vertical spaced relation.

4. A wire fastener comprising, a lath seat, and a base adapted to rest against a wall, said lath seat and base provided with hubs adapted to bear against each other to hold the seat and base in vertical spaced relation, and a .driven element passing through said hubs.

5. A wire fastener comprising, a lath seat with an upward projection on one side, and a base, said lath seat and base provided with hubs adapted to bear against each other to hold the lath seat and base in vertical spaced relation.

6. A wire fastener comprising, a lath seat with an upward projection on one side, and a base, said lath seat and base provided with hubs adapted to bear against each other to hold the lath seat and base in vertical spaced relation, and a driven element passing through said hubs and having a part adapted to co-operate with the lath seat and the upward project-ion thereon for holding a lath wire on said lath seat.

7. A wire fastener comprising, a perforated lath seat with a downwardly eXtending hub surrounding said perforation, and a perforated base with an upwardly extending hub surrounding said perforation, said hubs adapted to bear against each other to hold the lath seat and base in vertical spaced relation.

8. A wire fastener comprising, a perforated lath seat with a downwardly extending hub surrounding said perforation, and a perforated base with an upwardly extending hub surrounding said perforation, said hubs adapted to bear against each other to hold the lath seat and base in vertical spaced relation, and a driven element passing through said hubs.

9. A wire fastener comprising, a perforated lath seat with a downwardly projecting hub surrounding the perforation, said lath seat having an upward projection on one side, and a perforated base with an upwardly projecting hub surrounding the perforation, said hubs adapted to bear against each other to hold the lath seat and base in vertical spaced relation, and a driven element passing through said hub.

10. A wire fastener comprising, a perforated lath seat with a downwardly projecting hub surrounding the perforation, said lath seat having an upward projection on one side, and a perforated base with an upwardly projecting hub surrounding the perforation, the hubs on the lath seat and base adapted to bear against each other to hold the lath seat and base in vertical spaced relation, and a driven element passing through said hubs and provided with a part adapted to co-operate with the lath seat and the upward projection thereon to hold a lath wire on said lath seat.

11. A plaster foundation combined spacer and securing means, including a double member clip, means punched from said members and extending toward each other forming spacers for said members and providing a hole therein, an extended channel portion on one of said members, and a nail mounted in said hole adapted to be driven into a wall support and the head extend over said extended channel portion for supporting plaster foundation between said channel and said head.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set myhand this 27th day of February, 1928.

GEORGE F. VOIGHT. 

